Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2024/4

Spotlight

  • John Jarvis, Gretel Scott: Legal assingnments: what does „under the hand of the assignor” mean for companies? (219)

Features

  • Jonathan Hardman: Moveable Transactions Reform in Scotland: acquiescence and the perils of over-pledging (223)
  • Peter Hayes: Drop downs and up-tiers in English law loan documentation (226)
  • Raza Naeem, Teodora Paneva: UK SDR: setting the ESG blueprint for the world? (230)
  • Dan Harris: From PSG’s strip to the Gaza Strip: critical issues for those managing Qatar’s money after 7 October (233)
  • Hugh Sims, Anna Lintner: Reliance revisited: is „conscious awareness” a requirement of reliance/ inducement in all misinterpretation cases, or a bridge too far? (236)
  • Lucy Aconley, Luke Sampson: Distressed insurers: recent insolvency reforms and future resolution framework (241)
  • Jo Windsor: Part 26A Restructuring Plans: how significant is the Court of Appeal’s judgement in Adler? (246)
  • Emma Bullen: Limited Liability Partnerships and enforcing security over a member’s interest (249)
  • Hin Liu: Transferring legal title to a digital asset: shared and limited control arrangements (Part 2) (251)
  • James MacDonald: Covid, aircraft financing nad the duty to mitigate (260)
  • Zoe O’Sullivan: Welcome clarification from the DIFC Court on the amendmenst to the UAE Federal Banking Law (262)
  • Kate Ollerenshaw: Retained EU law: a tale of two statues (264)
  • Annabel Smith, Zoe Jensen: Availability of costs for individuals who successfully challange an FCA decision against them (267)
  • Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez: Gatekeeper liability in Spain after Gowex (270)

In Practice

  • Alex Smith: Biodiversity finance: becoming second nature (275)
  • Alex Martin, Dan Marcus: European middle market CLOs could rise in 2024: despite some challanges (277)
  • Kate Patane: Lat but not least: consultation involvement key to avoiding regulatory divergence in public and private securitisations (278)

Regulars

  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings (280)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (283)
  • Market Movements by CMS (287)
  • Deals (289)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis+® UK (290)
  • International Briefing from the Netherlands (291)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2024/3

Spotlight

  • Matthey Hoyle: Crying wolf: the effect of sub-participants exercising control over lenders in the medium-term loan market (147)

Features

  • Michael Chernick, Sara Coelho, Shameer Shah, Kevin Heverin, Magnus Wieslander, Camille Masse-Pfister: Dipping over here and dipping over there: lessons learned from recent double dip transactions (151)
  • Vasanti Selvaratnam, Emile Yusupoff, Satya Talwar Mouland: An assessment of the reliability requirement in the Electronic Trade Documents Act (156)
  • Oliver Shafe, Jamie Rogers: Taking robust security over warranty and indemnity insurance policies (159)
  • Paul Cluley: The Bankruptcy Event of Default under ISDA: Part 2 (162)
  • Matthew McGhee: Quincecare, agency and conflict of laws: what law do we look to? (166)
  • Paul Blackmore, Alice FrydlHook, line … or sinker? Navigating dowry sales (168)
  • Richard Calnan: The Draft Secured Transactions Code: its main features and lessons learnt (171)
  • Robert ThomasThe impact of the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 on bank practice in trade finance (174)
  • Lara Kuehl: Foreign crypto arbitrations and UK consumer rights: a culture clash? (176)
  • Giovanni Bandi: DeFi: game changer for regulatory reporting (180)
  • Carloine Jackson, Alex Potts: If the law supposes that crypto cannot be property, then the law is an ass (183)
  • Paul Deakins, Julia Machin, Jessica Walker: The new UK public offers and admission to trading regime: impact on debt capital markets (188)
  • Sarah Caldwell: What’s next for the EU Directive on NPLs? (192)


In Practice

  • Amy Kennedy, Liz Osborne, Lauren Pflueger: Transferability: does there need to be a re-balance? (194)
  • Alex Martin, Kristine Kozicki: Consolidation in the CLO management industry: hampered by EU and UK risk retention requirements? (196)
  • James Dickie: Embedded finance and chargebacks: consumer duty and proposition structuring (198)

Regulars

  • Book Review by Rossn Cranston and Richard Salter (199)
  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis LLP (201)
  • Case Analysis by a reserch student of the Law Faculty at Oxford University (203)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (206)
  • Market Movements by CMS (210)
  • Deals (212)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis+® UK (213)
  • International Briefings from Switzerland (214)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/10

Spotlight

  • Adrian Cohen, Antonia Pegg: “Debtor-in-possession” processes and moratoria in English restructuring and insolvency law: a hesitant journey (659)

Features

  • Jonathan Davies-Jones, Alexia Knight: When is a bank put on notice of an agent’s fraud? (664)
  • Peter de Verneuil Smith, Philip Hinks, Judy Fu: Damages under ss 90 and 90A FSMA (667)
  • Steven Fennell: Limited liability partnerships: authority to borrow and to give security (672)
  • Andrew Kinnes, Hamish Patrick: Moveable transactions: Scotland v England: Round 2 – taking security over chattels (675)
  • Charlotte Eborall: “Packing” a punch to litigation funders? (678)
  • Shameer Shah, Ben Burton: Excess Cash Flow: time to sweep it under the carpet? (682)
  • Duncan Sheehan: Identifying floating charges after Re Avanti Communications Ltd (in Administration) (684)
  • Lodewijk van Setten: DeFi platforms: delineating the regulatory perimeter (687)
  • Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya, Dan MarcusHybrid facilities: the promise, the reality and the hope (691)
  • Ferdisha Snagg, Andreas Wildner: What is in a name? The regulators seek to have the final word on the meaning of trading venue under MiFID (694)
  • Kelesi Blundell, Ioannis Asimakopoulos: Banking regulation in the aftermath of SVB: lessons for regulators and supervisors (698)
  • Chloe Carpenter: Avanti Communications and the use of textbook and articles when undertaking research (700)
  • Jacob J Meagher: The implications of the novel “Audit Duty” on professional service firms: Part 1: Rihan v Ernst & Young (702)

In Practice

  • Kate Vyvyan, Jessica Walker, Julia MachinGreen expectations: ESMA’s Statement on sustainability prospectus disclosure (709)
  • Alex Martin, Jana Zupikova: Private portfolio financings on the rise(711)
  • Samantha Holland, William Humphries: Overhauling the rules on the law of the arbitration agreement? (712)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis LLP (713)
  • Book Review by Ross Cranston (715)
  • Case Analysis by 3 Verulam Buildings (716)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (718)
  • Market Movements by CMS (721)
  • Deals (724)
  • Legal Ease with Lexis+® UK (725)
  • International Briefings from New Zealand, Finland and Hong Kong (726)

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 2023/6

Spotlight

  • James Palmer: The urgent need for better law and rule making: challenges and solutions (371)

Features

  • Avinash Persaud: Lesson from the SVG collapse for banking reputation (380)
  • Kate Sumpter: Re-fencing: the pitfalls, and opportunities, of M&A ofr ring-fenced banks (382)
  • Jo Windsor: The impact of Pt 26A Restructuring Plans on intercreditor dynamics (385)
  • Hanif Virji: Wht is collateral special value? (389)
  • Richard Aikens, Andrew Dinsmore: The practicalities of pleading and proving foreign law in modern financial litigation (392)
  • Isobel Bull, Brenda Rweyemamu: Time to hit the road: considerations when replacing trustees on secured debt transactions (395)
  • Richard Lissack, Robin Lööf: Failure to prevent fraud: making up for failure to prosecute? (397)
  • Elizabeth Ovey: Subrogation and the case of the dissolved co-debtor (400)
  • Hannah Fearn: Using guarantees for capital relief: legal characterisation matters (404)
  • Matthew Watson, Sarah Rutnah: Commercial choices: are Braganza duties path to payment under commission agreements? (407)
  • Elaine Chan, Sion Yoong Tian: Crypto headwinds: an overview of regulations in Singapore, the EU, UK and US (410)
  • Phoebus L Athanassiou: Retail Central Bank Digital Currencies: core assumptions and legal implications (414)

In Practice

  • Rebecca Hoskins, Katie Hoyle, Julia Machin: Practical Implications of USD LIBOR panel cessation for „tough legacy” contracts: a brief refresher (416)
  • Alex Martin, Ellen Marks, Kristine Kozicki: Conflicting signals? Potential impacts of the SEC’s proposed conflicts of interest rule on UK and EU CLO managers (418)
  • Fiona Henderson, Laura Collins: Embedded finance: Dear CEO (420)

Regulars

  • Competition Law Update by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (421)
  • Case Analysis by Hogan Lovells, 3 Verulam Buildings and a restructuring attorney based in Hong Kong (423)
  • Regulation Update by Norton Rose Fulbright (429)
  • Market Movements by CMS (433)
  • Deals (435)
  • Legal Ease by Lexis© PSL (436)
  • International Briefings from the Netherlands and China (437)